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1. Double-click on the global variable in the Configuration Components Pane.
(Right-clicking then clicking Properties also works)
2. Enter the new value for your global variable
3. Click OK to save the new value.
Shared tasks
These procedures can be used on both local and global variables.
To delete a variable
l Right-click on the variable name in the Configuration Components Area and click Delete.
To rename a variable:
l Right-click on the variable name in the Configuration Components Area.
l Click Rename
l Type in the new name of the variable, then press Enter on your keyboard.
While renaming a variable will correctly rename all references to it in task properties or wherever else it is used in a task, it
will not change the references in any script within a Run Script task. Deleting a variable, on the other hand, does not delete any
reference to it. In both the case where a script refers to a variable and it is renamed, or in the case of deleting a variable, any
task or script that refers to it will cease to function and will generate an error.
You can set the value of a variable within your process in two ways:
l Use the Set Job Info and Variable action task. See "Set Job Infos and Variables Action Task Properties" (page 120).
l You can use Scripts. See the chapter "Using Scripts" (page 221).
Variables may be used as variable properties in variable property boxes (see "Variable Properties" (page 187)).
Access Process Properties
To have access to the properties of a process or subprocess:
l Right-Click on the Process in the Configuration Components Area.
l Select Properties.
You can also double-click on the process to show its options.
Subprocesses do not have the "General Tab" which is only used for scheduling, but they do have the Information Tab.
PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools Process Options properties are as follows:
General tab
l Active: Select to make the process active. Clear to prevent this process from running when you send the configuration
to PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools.
l Startup process: Select to make this process a startup process.
l Self-Replicating Process:Check this if you want the process to replicate itself in the background when multiple
input files are received simultaneously. When this is checked, the input task polls its source once, determines the
number of files to process, then replicates itself up to the maximum allowed and treats the files simultaneously. The ini-
tial process runs again once it has completed itself and replicates again as necessary, until all files have been proc-
essed.
l Max percentage of threading (%):Determines how many processes you may have running at the same time.
This is a percentage of the maximum number of threads specified in the "Messenger User Options" (page 73). For
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